UV/chlorine as an advanced oxidation process for the degradation of benzalkonium chloride: Synergistic effect, transformation products and toxicity evaluation

Water Research

Volumn 114, Issue , 2017, Pages 246-253

  Huang, Nan ^a   Wang, Ting ^a   Wang, Wen Long ^a   Wu, Qian Yuan ^a   Li, Ang ^a   Hu, Hong Ying ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation process; Benzalkonium chloride; Biotoxicity; Chlorinated products; UV chlorine

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BIOTOXICITY; CHLORINATED PRODUCTS; UV/CHLORINE;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROACETONITRILE; DICHLOROPROPANONE; DODECYLBENZYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TRICHLOROPROPANONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZALKONIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINE; DEGRADATION; OXIDATION; PESTICIDE; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTANT; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DETOXIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; CHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KOBUS;

BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 85013939535     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.02.015     Document Type: Article

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